Easiest GEO classes at Montana State

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

1. GEO 521: Dinosaur Paleontology Average GPA 4.00, 140 students
2. GEO 490R: Undergraduate Research Average GPA 3.95, 127 students
3. GEO 492: Independent Study Average GPA 3.85, 100 students
4. GEO 330: Paleontology Lab Techniques Average GPA 3.69, 123 students
5. GEO 491: Special Topics Average GPA 3.59, 163 students
6. GEO 445: Glacial Geology Average GPA 3.45, 131 students
7. GEO 140IN: Planetary Geoscience Average GPA 3.38, 135 students
8. GEO 443: Prin of Sedimentary Petrology Average GPA 3.34, 152 students
9. GEO 428: Field Methods Average GPA 3.32, 202 students
10. GEO 111IN: Dinosaurs Average GPA 3.31, 595 students
11. GEO 429R: Field Geology Average GPA 3.28, 294 students
12. GEO 433: Global Tectonics Average GPA 3.28, 158 students
13. GEO 417: Taphonomy: Fossil Preservation Average GPA 3.15, 105 students
14. GEO 315: Structural Geology Average GPA 3.12, 319 students
15. GEO 103CS: Intro to Envrmntl Geology Average GPA 3.08, 229 students
16. GEO 305: Igneous/metamorphic Petrology Average GPA 3.08, 141 students
17. GEO 309: Sedimentation and Stratigraphy Average GPA 3.07, 295 students
18. GEO 211: Earth History and Evolution Average GPA 2.97, 659 students
19. GEO 310: Invertebrate Paleontology Average GPA 2.96, 176 students
20. GEO 411: Vertebrate Paleontology Average GPA 2.96, 153 students
21. GEO 302: Mineralogy and Optical Mineral Average GPA 2.94, 303 students
22. GEO 105IN: Oceanography Average GPA 2.90, 152 students
23. GEO 208IN: Earth Materials Average GPA 2.84, 136 students

See also: Hardest classes, Montana State course catalog, GEO course catalog.